India’s Modi shares his impressions of his meeting with Putin with Germany’s Scholz – World

NEW DELHI, October 25. /TASS/. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his impressions about his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky during the talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, India’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Vikram Misri said at a briefing.

He confirmed that Modi and Scholz discussed the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine during negotiations in New Delhi on Thursday.

“The two leaders discussed these issues in detail. The Prime Minister shared with the Chancellor his impressions about his meetings and cooperation with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine in recent months, as well as the steps taken by India to hold negotiations with all sides of the conflict and certain ideas discussed by several parties,” the Indian diplomat said.

According to Misri, India is “not neutral” regarding the conflict in Ukraine.

“We are on the side of peace and we are ready to support any initiative aimed at achieving peace, using available options for cooperation also with the parties to this conflict,” he added to.

Regarding the situation in the Middle East, Modi and Scholz expressed their concerns about the development of events there, Misri said.

“Both sides expressed the hope that the already serious conflict, which has caused extensive damage, casualties and destruction, will not spread further and involve more actors,” he noted.

The German Chancellor is currently visiting India. Earlier, German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann told reporters that Scholz would be very interested in listening to Modi after his meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan.

On October 22 and 23, the Indian Prime Minister visited Kazan to participate in the BRICS Summit. The leaders of India and Russia had a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the summit. They discussed bilateral cooperation in many areas, including politics, economics, energy and human relations. Modi invited Putin to visit India next year. After the meeting, India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Russia-India partnership remains stable amid the current geopolitical uncertainty.